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Allophalerus bontsaganensis

Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae

Taxonomy
Tetraphalerus bontsaganensis was named by Ponomarenko (1997). Its type specimen is PIN 3559/6051, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559, outcrop 87/8), which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.

It was recombined as Allophalerus bontsaganensis by Kirejtshuk (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Tetraphalerus bontsaganensis Ponomarenko p. 390 figs. Pl 6, figs 4,5; text-fig 3
2020Allophalerus bontsaganensis Kirejtshuk p. 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderArchostemataKolbe 1908
superfamilyCupedoideaLaporte 1836
familyOmmatidaeSharp and Muir 1912
subfamilyOmmatinaeSharp and Muir 1912
genusAllophalerus
speciesbontsaganensis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Allophalerus bontsaganensis Ponomarenko 1997
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Diagnosis
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